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title: "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done S"
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# The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done S

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## Customer Reviews

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    Aid projects as neo-colonialism?
  

*by G***U on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2013*

I've come to this rather late, as in this game the 6 years since publication has changed the story to some extent, but the basic message is still entirely valid. Easterly argues entirely correctly, that top-down planning in aid projects has been at best unsuccessful in most cases, and often downright harmful. He looks at the World Bank, for which he worked, the IMF and inter-country and big 'make poverty history' type projects, and demonstrates their futility. Instead of Planners, he argues persuasively, what is needed is Searchers - people on the ground looking at ways of dealing with specific issues of poverty, and finding ways of being answerable to the requirements of the poor themselves.Highly recommended.

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    Important
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in Germany on 11 December 2012*

This book provides the reader with detailed information about foreign aid and its negative impact on developing countries or so-called third-world countries. The description is based on empirical data, intensive researches and properly collected documents (materials) as well as longstanding experiences of the author in the sector of foreign aid and related institutions of the world. The book is therefore, worth to be read. I furtheremore, believe that every world citizen who has the chance to read this book, should be informed about this crutial subject matter.

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    The reader's pleasure
  
  

*by F***E on Reviewed in France on 28 November 2012*

Très bon livre parfaitement articulé et argumenté même s'il ne représente pas vraiment mes idées. Les critiques qu'Easterly fait de l'aide au développement mais aussi des actions de libéralisation de l'économie forcée via le FMI sont clairement frappées du bon sens. Son idée de "piecemeal progress" est là aussi très intéressant, le développement prend du temps et des échanges entre les gouvernements et les pauvres c'est une évidence. Seul problème de son argumentaire, l'idée qu'au final c'est toujours le marché à lui seul qui trouvera la solution. Le marché et les éternelles anecdotes de tel ou tel pauvre qui s'en est sorti brillamment comme si chaque pauvre était nécessairement un Bill Gates en puissance à qui on a juste pas donné sa chance.Un livre important pour quiconque s'intéresse au débat sur l'aide au développement aujourd'hui, bien loin des clichés habituels.

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